Algorithm achieves logarithmic regret with sublinear hints.
problem Online linear optimization with limited hints.
method Using logarithmic hints to improve regret from sqrt(T) to log(T).
result O(log T) regret with O(sqrt(T)) hints, and O(sqrt(T)) regret with o(sqrt(T)) hints.
New algorithms reduce regret in online learning with imperfect hints.
problem Designing algorithms to minimize regret in online learning with imperfect hints.
method Developed algorithms that are resilient to bad hints and interpolate between correlated and no-hints cases.
result Achieved nearly matching lower bounds for online learning with imperfect directional hints.
SAGE enhances reinforcement learning by injecting hints to prevent model stagnation.
problem Sparse rewards cause large language models to stall under relative policy optimization.
method SAGE injects privileged hints during training to increase within-group outcome diversity.
result SAGE consistently outperforms GRPO on 6 benchmarks with LLMs, achieving significant improvements.
New algorithms reduce forecasting errors by leveraging optimistic learning and hinting.
problem Real-time climate forecasting with delayed feedback.
method Developed optimistic online learning algorithms that reduce regret under delayed feedback.
result Optimistic learning algorithms achieve optimal regret guarantees under delayed feedback.
Task hinting improves transformer performance on longer tasks.
problem Transformers struggle with length generalization for certain tasks.
method Simultaneously train on a related auxiliary task during main task training.
result Significant improvement in length generalization for sorting tasks.
The paper shows how sublinear biLipschitz equivalences affect Morse boundaries of metric spaces.
problem Understanding how sublinear biLipschitz equivalences affect Morse boundaries of metric spaces.
method Defining sublinear biLipschitz equivalence and Morse boundaries, proving invariance under SBEs, using sublinear rays.
result κ-Morse boundaries of proper geodesic metric spaces are invariant under suitable sublinear biLipschitz equivalences.
We propose a novel method for imputing missing data by adapting the well-known Generative Adversarial Nets (GAN) framework. Accordingly, we call our method Generative Adversarial Imputation Nets (GAIN). The generator (G) observes some components of a real data vector, imputes the missing components conditioned on what …
Oracle-efficient algorithms for online learning with smoothed and hint-adversaries.
problem Online learning with beyond worst-case adversaries.
method Oracle-efficient algorithms for two settings: smoothed analysis and K-hint transductive learning. result Oracle-efficient regret bounds for learning real-valued and binary-valued functions.
Sublinear LSVI via LSH reduces runtime to sublinear in actions.
problem Efficiently estimating value functions in reinforcement learning with sublinear runtime.
method Formulated as approximate maximum inner product search, used LSH to solve with sublinear time complexity.
result Sublinear runtime while maintaining LSVI's regret.
Due to the unparallelizable nature of the autoregressive factorization, AutoRegressive Translation (ART) models have to generate tokens sequentially during decoding and thus suffer from high inference latency. Non-AutoRegressive Translation (NART) models were proposed to reduce the inference time, but could only achiev…
The aim of this paper is to introduce the sublinear Higson corona and show that the sublinear Higson corona of Euclidean cone of P and X is decomposed into the product of P and that of X. Here P is a compact metric space and X is unbounded proper metric space. For example, the sublinear Higson corona of n-dimensional E…
New model for Knightian uncertainty with jumps.
problem Knightian uncertainty and non-linear jumps.
method Probabilistic construction of non-linear affine processes with jumps.
result Tractable model for Knightian uncertainty with sublinear expectations.
We give a proof of the sublinear tracking property for sample paths of random walks on various groups acting on spaces with hyperbolic-like properties. As an application, we prove sublinear tracking in Teichmueller distance for random walks on mapping class groups, and on Cayley graphs of a large class of finitely gene…
We provide a general construction of time-consistent sublinear expectations on the space of continuous paths. It yields the existence of the conditional G-expectation of a Borel-measurable (rather than quasi-continuous) random variable, a generalization of the random G-expectation, and an optional sampling theorem that…
Problems for the graduate students who want to improve problem-solving skills in geometry. Every problem has a short elegant solution -- this gives a hint which was not available when the problem was discovered.
New sublinear sketches improve ANN and KDE for massive data streams.
problem Efficiently approximate nearest neighbors and kernel density estimation in large datasets.
method Developed sublinear space and query time algorithms for ANN and A-KDE in streaming and sliding-window models.
result Achieved near-optimal trade-offs between memory size and approximation error for ANN.
Sublinear functionals of random variables are known as sublinear expectations; they are convex homogeneous functionals on infinite-dimensional linear spaces. We extend this concept for set-valued functionals defined on measurable set-valued functions (which form a nonlinear space), equivalently, on random closed sets. …
The paper develops methods for time-varying constrained online convex optimization.
problem Time-varying loss and constraint functions in online convex optimization.
method Model-based augmented Lagrangian methods (MALM) for time-varying and delayed feedback.
result Sublinear regret and constraint violation for both time-varying and delayed feedback scenarios.
For α∈(1,2), we present a generalized central limit theorem for α-stable random variables under sublinear expectation. The foundation of our proof is an interior regularity estimate for partial integro-differential equations (PIDEs). A classical generalized central limit theorem is recovered as a special case, p…
New algorithms for constrained online optimization with memory and predictions.
problem Control of constrained dynamical systems and scheduling with reconfiguration budgets.
method Proposed algorithms achieving sublinear regret and constraint violation under time-varying constraints, both with and without predictions.
result First algorithms achieving sublinear regret and constraint violation in constrained online optimization with memory.
Many recent invertible neural architectures are based on coupling block designs where variables are divided in two subsets which serve as inputs of an easily invertible (usually affine) triangular transformation. While such a transformation is invertible, its Jacobian is very sparse and thus may lack expressiveness. Th…
Memory-limited learning tackles adversarial bandits with reduced storage.
problem Adversarial bandit problem with limited memory storage.
method Hierarchical learning policy with sublinear memory requirement.
result Established sublinear regret bounds for weak and shifting regrets.
Sharp Liouville theorem for minimal graphs on manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
problem Characterizing smooth solutions to minimal hypersurface equations on manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Gradient estimate for minimal graphs over Σ with small linear growth of the negative parts of graphic functions via iteration. result Every smooth solution u to minimal hypersurface equation on Σ is a constant provided u has sublinear growth for its negative part. Knowledge distillation (KD) is a popular method for reducing the computational overhead of deep network inference, in which the output of a teacher model is used to train a smaller, faster student model. Hint training (i.e., FitNets) extends KD by regressing a student model's intermediate representation to a teacher mo…
New method connects CAT(0) spaces to hyperbolic spaces.
problem Injecting sublinear Morse boundaries into Gromov boundaries.
method Developed curtain machinery to characterize sublinear Morse properties.
result Continuous injection of sublinear Morse boundaries into Gromov boundaries.
Study online learning in unknown Markov games with sublinear regret.
problem Online learning in unknown Markov games with unobservable opponents.
method Introduced an algorithm achieving sublinear regret against the minimax value.
result First sublinear regret bound for unknown Markov games, independent of action spaces size.
Open problem seeks an online learning algorithm for binary classification.
problem Existence of an online learning algorithm for binary classification with sublinear mistakes.
method Assumption of sequence allowing learning algorithm's existence.
result Specific condition determines sequence's learnability.
Efficiently trains large GMMs with millions to billions of parameters.
problem Training large Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) is computationally expensive.
method Derives a variational approximation integrated with mixtures of factor analyzers (MFAs) to reduce complexity.
result Sublinear scaling in training GMMs, achieving significant speed-ups.
We review a resent {\em time-dependent} performance measure for economical time series -- the (optimal) investment horizon approach. For stock indices, the approach shows a pronounced gain-loss asymmetry that is {\em not} observed for the individual stocks that comprise the index. This difference may hint towards an sy…
Average signature of 2-bridge knots approximates sqrt(2c/π).
problem Estimating the average signature and 4-genus of 2-bridge knots.
method Developed a model for 2-bridge knot diagrams indexed by crossing number, and used it to derive upper bounds for the average 4-genus.
result Upper bound for the average 4-genus of a 2-bridge knot is 9.75c/log c.
New algorithms adapt to both gradient norms and comparator norms in online learning.
problem Adapting to both gradient norms and comparator norms in online learning.
method Developed parameter-free and scale-free algorithms for unbounded online convex optimization.
result Improved regret bounds for scale-invariant online prediction with linear models.
Online learning is a powerful tool for analyzing iterative algorithms. However, the classic adversarial setup sometimes fails to capture certain regularity in online problems in practice. Motivated by this, we establish a new setup, called Continuous Online Learning (COL), where the gradient of online loss function cha…
New algorithm achieves sublinear regret in CMDPs without error cancellations.
problem Safety constraints in reinforcement learning with error cancellations.
method Model-based primal-dual algorithm for CMDPs with multiple constraints.
result Achieves sublinear regret without error cancellations.
Extends tracking guarantees for time-varying variational inequalities.
problem Tracking solutions of time-varying variational inequalities.
method Extends existing results to sublinear solution paths and periodic problems.
result Discrete dynamical systems of periodic time-varying VI can exhibit chaotic behavior or converge to the solution.
Geodesic loops escape from balls at a sublinear rate imply virtually abelian fundamental group.
problem Understanding fundamental groups of open manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Generalizing the Cheeger-Gromoll splitting theorem to sublinear escape rates.
result Fundamental groups of open manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature are virtually abelian if geodesic loops escape sublinearly.
Develops geometric foundations for sublinear Morse boundaries in mapping class groups and Teichmüller spaces.
problem Capturing generic directions in mapping class groups and Teichmüller spaces.
method Develops tools for modeling hulls of median rays in hierarchically hyperbolic spaces via CAT(0) cube complexes.
result Sublinear Morse boundaries are visibility spaces and admit continuous equivariant injections into the boundary of the curve graph.
LaPSRL achieves optimal regret for isoperimetric RL distributions.
problem Designing RL algorithms with sublinear regret for non-log-concave distributions.
method Posterior Sampling (PSRL) and Langevin sampling (LaPSRL) for isoperimetric distributions.
result LaPSRL achieves order-optimal regret and subquadratic complexity.
New approach for distributed online optimization of non-convex losses with sublinear regret.
problem Regret evaluation and consensus in distributed, multi-agent systems with non-convex losses.
method Composite regret metric and consensus-based online normalized gradient (CONGD) approach for pseudo-convex losses; offline optimization oracle for general non-convex losses.
result First sublinear regret bound for general distributed online non-convex learning.
LIBO optimizes repeated bandit tasks without prior knowledge or regret.
problem Optimizing repeated bandit tasks without prior knowledge or regret.
method LIBO sequentially meta-learns a kernel to adapt to the environment and solve tasks with the latest estimate.
result LIBO achieves sublinear lifelong regret, converging to oracle performance as more tasks are solved.
GP-UCB resolves sublinear regret for kernelized bandits.
problem Minimizing regret in kernelized bandit problems.
method Using a new regularization technique for kernel ridge estimators, improving GP-UCB's sublinear regret rate.
result GP-UCB achieves nearly optimal sublinear regret for the Matérn kernel.
New data structure identifies close match from multiple distributions.
problem Identify the closest distribution to a given sample.
method Developed a sublinear-time data structure for identifying the closest distribution.
result First data structure that identifies the closest distribution in sublinear time.
We describe GTApprox - a new tool for medium-scale surrogate modeling in industrial design. Compared to existing software, GTApprox brings several innovations: a few novel approximation algorithms, several advanced methods of automated model selection, novel options in the form of hints. We demonstrate the efficiency o…
Develops sublinear Morse theory in symmetric spaces.
problem Understanding sublinear Morse properties in symmetric spaces.
method Theory of sublinearly Morse boundary and lemma in higher rank symmetric spaces.
result Proves sublinear Morse lemma in higher rank symmetric spaces.
Paper presents a faster classical algorithm for principal component regression.
problem Efficiently solving principal component regression problems.
method Uses quantum-inspired linear algebra techniques.
result Achieves polylogarithmic runtime, significantly faster than state-of-the-art.
Federated learning algorithm improves with intermittent client availability.
problem Performance degradation in Federated Averaging due to client availability changes.
method Federated Latest Averaging (FedLaAvg) uses latest gradients from all clients, even when unavailable.
result FedLaAvg achieves sublinear speedup compared to classical Federated Averaging.
In this paper, we consider data consisting of multiple networks, each comprised of a different edge set on a common set of nodes. Many models have been proposed for the analysis of such multi-view network data under the assumption that the data views are closely related. In this paper, we provide tools for evaluating t…
The paper connects discrete choice models to multi-armed bandit algorithms with sublinear regret bounds.
problem Optimizing user choices in a multi-armed bandit setting.
method Establishes connections between discrete choice models and multi-armed bandit algorithms, providing sublinear regret bounds and novel algorithms.
result Sublinear regret bounds for a family of algorithms, including the Exp3 algorithm.
Explores new perspectives in transverse index theory for Lie group actions.
problem Transverse index theory for compact Lie group actions.
method Kasparov's work on transverse index theory, connections to Berline-Vergne and Paradan-Vergne.
result Potential connections and new insights in transverse index theory.